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American Expedition Vehicles Iceland Expedition

March 22, 2010 by JPFreek

Wheels & Tires: Interco SuperSwamper IROK’s in 37×13.5R16 mounted on custom 16×8 AEV alloy wheels with Champion Beadlocks.

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Suspension: 2” Old Man Emu Suspension with a JKS 1” body lift. AEV CV Driveshaft.

Skidplates: AEV Rocker Guards for the Highline Fender package. (Special Length)

Bumpers: Mopar RockCrawler (designed by AEV) with Warn XD9500ti winch. IPF 900 lights, IPF H4 Headlights. Mopar rear bumper (designed by AEV).

Communications: Yeasu 8900R radio provides radio communications for vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to base operations. The navigator sits in the passenger seat using a GPS enabled Panasonic ToughBook mounted on a modified GamberJohnson laptop mount and docking station. Garmin provided top of the line MapSource software and their impressive GPS10 antennas.

Paint & Vinyl: All the paint was applied by House of Color in Missoula, MT using Standox premium paint. The graphics and logo design was done by Russ Fry of Russ Fry design located in Bozeman, MT.

Commander

AEV / Superlift 4” Suspension: A combined effort of design, engineering and marketing between the two companies for the WK and XK suspension. This particular car is lifted 4” front and rear. In the rear the suspension was modified to push the rear axle back 5” (127mm) so that the body could be cut out without affecting the rear doors. This also took care of the rear overhang on the Commander.

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Wheels & Tires: Operating at 2-5 psi requires specialized wheels and tires. Interco provided super flexible 39.5×13.50R17 SuperSwamper IROK tires to the expedition. Wheels were of special concern, not only does the Commander have an odd fitment, but the wheels also had to be a double beadlock design. AEV decided to work with Hutchinson Wheels, a company best known for manufacturing military wheels. AEV issued the oddball specs and in no time Hutchinson came through with a one of a kind set of two piece wheels with an internal beadlock to fit the Commander perfectly. The really good news is that these wheels will now be an available option on all AEV Grand Cherokee and Commander conversions.

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Filed Under: Jeep Adventure Tagged With: AEV, bumper, Commander, expedition, glacier, GPS, Iceland, Jeep, National Geographic, Overland, Superlift, Vatnajokull, Winch, Wrangler Unlimited

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